Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
说起来，似乎没见过我国有这样的法庭电影，即便是宣传性质的也没有，一切都靠罗翔。
电影总是喜欢刻画一个英雄，但是这样的人太少了，身边几乎见不到一个。看多了这样的电影，总会觉得未来有个英雄拯救。
兔子现在能做的就是协助印度建立健全电影审查制度，扼杀其未来的腾飞。
确实应该有这样的电影，批判自己。我们现在这样不好。
这部片子和孟买酒店深刻让我认识到了印度警察。种姓、母性、人性。
从影片质量来说，真的一般，很多地方拖沓，不得不快进。但是挡不住这个题材好啊……真实的故事，JC的暴行，达利特三人被殴打的过程拍得毫无遮掩……令人心惊胆战。。。95年发生的往事，距今27年了，看完一声叹息……
印度电影和韩国电影敢于刺破黑暗的这份勇，真的令人肃然起敬！
一开始就猜到了死在警局，钦佩律师所做的所有努力，找出来了真相
漂亮国还给印度戴上了最大的民主国家，若这样的垃圾国家都是民主，民主真的是被滥用了。
“走出堂皇酒店，每一颗树下都是一户人家”
类似于划分种姓造成的各种人权问题永远无法完全解决，能有人站出来帮助平衡就不错了。生命比金钱重要，名声比挨揍重要这些道理，有时候却是光脚的人更明白。
剧情很虐心，一度我都想离席了，😂但是确实挺不错的，苏利耶的演技绝了，刚开始我都没认出来。故事情节流畅节奏快一点也不拖沓。
确实应该有这样的电影，批判自己。我们现在这样不好。
即使我们调侃他们“干净又卫生”，不得不说人家的电影真的很会/能拍。
电影可以预见一个国家的未来。《小萝莉的猴神大叔》探讨爱、真诚、信仰。《地球上的星星》探讨对儿童的教育和关爱。《摔跤吧爸爸》探讨家庭与成长。《厕所英雄》探讨女性意识。这部探讨司法正义、个体生命尊严。这些题材我们只能呵呵了…，还哪来的勇气去嘲笑人家。
男主律师很帅，此电影对印度低种姓阶层的刻画过于真实，真实得令我很难过。印度电影是真敢拍，对女主来说，她最想要的绝对不是钱，房子，而是找回孩子的父亲。
不得不说，我们还未拍出这样的电影，我们在很多问题上没有勇敢的去面对，而是去掩盖真相，回避真相
毫无疑问，印度至今存在着非常严重的性别歧视和种族歧视，甚至可以在这里用一个“最”字。但印度社会允许质疑的声音发出来，也允许挑战这些不公的个人英雄主义的存在，还允许人们揭开旧伤疤看一看它究竟长好了没有……这就是他们的希望所在！
——但这不包括我的良心，先生。”
正片里最爽的，爽片里最正的。大英雄就是要吊打黑恶势力，算是很好看的社会派法律政剧了。用律师和警官身处对立面的两个角色来向观众证明只要人人都把枪口抬高一厘米，只要官员能亲自见见他们所管理的人们，世界就会变好。印度片的情绪总是异常饱满，不给观众留抽离质疑的喘息时间，甚至似乎连空镜都很少，看多了就有点齁得慌。
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